Overview
- Dallas enters at 12-20 after a Christmas loss to Golden State, facing a 7-23 Sacramento team to try to stop a five-game road skid.
- Anthony Davis is listed as questionable with right adductor soreness, and multiple outlets report he is likely to miss the game; the Mavericks are 4-12 without him this season.
- Cooper Flagg has scored 33 and 27 points in his last two outings and is poised to shoulder more of the offense if Davis is out.
- Sacramento remains short-handed with Domantas Sabonis and Zach LaVine out and Keegan Murray day-to-day, turning to rookie center Maxime Raynaud in extended minutes.
- Dallas has slumped from deep and slipped defensively over its last 10 games, while the Kings have dropped six of seven; tipoff is 4 p.m. CDT on NBA TV with a MavsTV stream.